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| Oddfellows Hall, Kendal | ||
| Oddfellows Hall | ||
| Mechanics Institute | ||
| Street:- | Highgate | |
| locality:- | Kendal | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | SD51489240 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5192 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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 CEL06.jpg (taken 29.12.2015)  CEL07.jpg "ODD-FELLOW'S HALL" (taken 29.12.2015) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) placename:- Oddfellows' Hall |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| notes:- |
Once the site of the Unicorn Inn. |
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| Built for the Oddfellows, by George Webster, 1833. The ground floor was let for the
Nelson Tavern. It became the Mechanics' Institute, 1857; the People's Palace, for
wholesome entrtainment, 1890-91; later club rooms; for a whole the Kinigdom Hall of
the Jehovah's Winessses; now domestic apartments. |
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